Crossing the border with Blue Jays beat reporter Jordan Bastian.

Zaun activated

TORONTO — The Blue Jays activated catcher Gregg Zaun from the 15-day disabled list on Sunday and sent Curtis Thigpen back to Triple-A Syracuse. Someone asked manager John Gibbons if Thigpen was going to talk to “Voodoo” Joe Inglett about how to stay in the big leagues.

“We’ll get him on his flight as soon as possible before Joe can get ahold of somebody,” Gibbons said with a laugh.

Zaun was in the lineup as the DH, but Gibbons said having him catch is “a non-issue.” Zaun’s arm is feeling fine. Gibby was non-committal when asked about how he plans to divy out the playing time between Zaun and catcher Rod Barajas, saying, “We’ll just put the guy out there that we think can help us win that day.”

Vernon Wells was back in the lineup one day after leaving early with a sore left wrist — the same one he broke in May. Lyle Overbay was given the day off and Brad Wilkerson took over at first base. Gibbons liked Wilk vs. lefties and former Jays southpaw Ted Lilly is on the bump for the Cubbies.

…really? Playing “Father of Mine” by Everclear during pregame? Don’t they realize that’s not exactly a heartwarming song to be playing on Father’s Day? Of course, as I type that, it’s promptly cut off. Nice.

Meta

The following are trademarks or service marks of Major League Baseball entities and may be used only with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. or the relevant Major League Baseball entity: Major League, Major League Baseball, MLB, the silhouetted batter logo, World Series, National League, American League, Division Series, League Championship Series, All-Star Game, and the names, nicknames, logos, uniform designs, color combinations, and slogans designating the Major League Baseball clubs and entities, and their respective mascots, events and exhibitions.